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John Pickett (other)
John Pickett may refer to: *John Pickett (businessman) (born 1934), American businessman and ice hockey team board chairman *John Pickett (baseball) (1866–1922), American baseball player * John Coleman Pickett (1896–1983), American federal judge * John Pickett (canoeist) (born 1951), American sprint canoeist *John A. Pickett John Anthony Pickett CBE DSC FRS One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 21 April 1945) is a British chemist who is noted for his work on insect pheromones. Pickett is Professor o ... (born 1945), British chemist * John S. Pickett Jr. (1920–2014), American legislator and judge {{hndis, Pickett, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickett (businessman)
John Olen Pickett Jr. (born August 30, 1934) is an American businessman who was owner and Board Chairman of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League during their dynasty period in the 1980s. Early life John O. Pickett Jr. grew up in Texarkana, Texas, on a ranch owned by his parents, John Olen Pickett Sr. (1908–1971) and Anna Mae (Gill) Pickett (1911–1999), and later attended the University of Arkansas. Pickett moved to Long Island after earning his fortune as a private investor. He owned management-consultant firms in Chicago and Palm Beach and first became interested in hockey after attending New York Rangers games during business trips to New York during the late 1950s. Islanders ownership and dynasty years John Pickett was a limited partner in the original Islanders' ownership group, headed by Roy Boe. He purchased a small share in the team for $100,000 in 1972 at the request of Boe, who was then a casual acquaintance. However, by 1978, the Islanders wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickett (baseball)
John Thomas Pickett (February 20, 1866 - July 4, 1922), was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics, and Kansas City Cowboys Several sports team in Kansas City, Missouri have used the name Cowboys: *Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association), a baseball team in the Union Association in 1884 *Kansas City Cowboys (National League), a baseball team in the National League in 18 .... External links 1866 births 1922 deaths Major League Baseball infielders Baltimore Orioles (NL) players Philadelphia Athletics (PL) players Kansas City Cowboys players 19th-century baseball players Minor league baseball managers Stillwater (minor league baseball) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players St. Paul Saints (Northwestern League) players St. Paul Apostles players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Troy Trojans (minor league) players Troy Washerwomen players Scranton I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coleman Pickett
John Coleman Pickett (September 3, 1896 – September 1, 1983) was an American soldier, United States Attorney, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Education and career Born in Ravenna, Nebraska, Pickett was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I, and received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1922. He entered private practice in Cheyenne, Wyoming from 1922 to 1949, and then served as an assistant state attorney general of Wyoming from 1923 to 1925, and as a county and prosecuting attorney of Laramie County, Wyoming from 1928 to 1934. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 1935 to 1949, becoming the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming in 1949. Federal judicial service Pickett was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on September 23, 1949, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, to a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickett (canoeist)
John Pickett (born March 2, 1951) is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o .... ReferencesSports-reference.com profile External links * 1951 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
